Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Beat the lag

For anyone planning to travel to Europe -- or further -- this summer, there's help to combat the insidious effects of jet lag: The Anti-Jet Lag Diet, created by Chicago's Argonne National Laboratory, and tested on National Guard soldiers flying across 9 time zones. The diet takes a few days, alternating high-protein and high-carb meals, with some fasting and meal manipulation aboard the plane (get up and walk around and talk after 1:30 on a flight to Paris, for example. Let's hope if you do this your flight companions aren't trying to sleep...). But they say it will bring your body clock into line with the time zone you're going to. For a fee, the site will calculate your diet for you.

Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.